Example sentences of "[subord] it be a [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either way it seems like we , even if it is a problem it 's Paul |
| 2 | We was carrying this ta erm table up the stairs and some boy knocked it and it fire alarms , everyone was , water started pouring down cos they have all the water as well , like , if it is a fire it was pouring |
| 3 | If it 's a will it 's the executor or the one executor of the number of them who are proving it . |
| 4 | I think he really wants to name it after every member of the Spurs football team , so if it 's a girl it could be tricky ! ’ |
| 5 | Erm if it 's a hatching it 's a little different is n't it ? |
| 6 | No , I thought if it was a man it was a president and it was a woman it was Prime Minister . |
| 7 | But , unfortunately , she soon realised that if it was a nightmare it was a living nightmare . |
| 8 | ‘ If it was a mistake it is their fault , ’ said Andrew . |
| 9 | Some of them were some had got old cars in where the tyres , if it was a puncture it was these great big wheels with beaded edge tyres which you can , you put on in quite a different way from the modern car tyres . |
| 10 | ‘ And if it was a pay-off it did n't do him any good . ’ |
| 11 | In effect , if it was a profession it was a profession in name only ( a point made indirectly by my lecturer who studiously avoided use of the word ) . |
| 12 | and I 've re I have quite a high awareness about women 's position in society , but because of that I feel that I 've now come to reject the term feminism because erm I think it 's also harming the people who , you know , it 's harming the women that are holding on to that er , label because it is label and that is erm because it 's , because it 's a label it then it 's blocking er forms progress for women . |
| 13 | Solubility : Benzene does not dissolve in water , as it is a liquid it is usually referred to as immiscible with water . |
| 14 | Wood can be lightened with oxalic acid , but as it is a poison it would be better to use a proprietary two part bleach . |